Mott The Hoople - Marionette Lyrics
(ian hunter)No puppet, no liar, wont bend my lips to wire - noDont pressurize me soDont gamble, with my life, or you wont live to do it twiceOh take some good advice from meAnd let the wires rockAll dressed in black so nobody sees youSmile in the wings, tell me I please youCall me a king and watch for the wordworm to choke meAnd youre like a giraffe, the performance is poorWatch the audience laugh as my head hits the floorWhen Im broken in half you still reach for the floorStop!Ive had enough of thisThe pantomimes reversedI need -you feedI greed - you bleedMarionette - I aint one yetTeachers pet - well youd better forget itMarionette - I aint one yetTeachers pet - go check your stocks and sharesAnd when the coffin comes make sure theres room for twoYou lied - I ledI died -youre deadMarionette - I aint one yetTeachers pet - youd better forget itMarionette - I aint one yetTeachers pet - go check your productA traitor, deceiver, a groovy disbeliever I thoughtA puppet was a thing cheap-taught - no wayCreator, conceiver, romantic love receiver - caughtWho are youThe nerveI wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna getOut, ahhhhh!Oh he wanna play chords to the chick on the streetHe wanna play words to a world that dont speakHe wanna play people who play hide n seek when they dont talkHe wanna play a riff to the man with the wiresHe wanna play lead but his hands getting tiredHe just wanna play but dont know how to say - stopOk, the shows been funBut my woods begun to warpThey won -Im doneNew one - begunMarionette - I did my bestTeachers pet - it just couldnt lastMarionette - get me out of this messTeachers little pet - it happened so fastMarionette - now I need a restTeachers pet - wheres my sanity gone - mother?Marionette - I did my bestTeachers little pet - Im just like all the othersThey gambled, with my lifeAnd now Ive lost my will to fightOh God these wires are so tight....Im just a marionette.
